Multiperiod Highway Improvement and Construction Scheduling: Model Development and Application

ElDessouki, Wael; Rouphail, Nagui M.; Beja, Madalena; Ranjithan, S. Ranji

doi:10.3141/1617-14

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“…They concluded that their heuristic method obtained a good solution for a simple highway network while the optimality of the solution could not be guaranteed in the proposed heuristics method. Eldessouki et al (1998) developed a mathematical program to investigate the optimal scheduling of improvement projects for highways where each project involved either increasing capacity or constructing highways. In this mathematical program, the goal was to minimize the total travel time over a few years and entailed the benefit estimation of each combination of projects in a traffic network in terms of the travel time savings considering the road construction cost.…”

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Network-Level Scheduling of Road Projects During the Construction Season Considering Network Connectivity

Woldemariam¹,

Agyemang²,

Miralinaghi³

et al. 2019

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INDOT implements several hundred highway projects annually. One of the unintended (and adverse) consequences of road work is the establishment of work zones or full or partial closure of certain road links and the subsequent impairment of network connectivity during the construction season. The temporary reduction in network connectivity can lead to reduced mobility and decreased accessibility to businesses. The user costs incurred during highway construction can be significant, particularly where the affected links have very high traffic volumes or offer few opportunities to detour. Delay also inflicts costs on the non-traveling public, such as when it is necessary to reroute school buses in communities. Delay-related costs also impact the traveling public and shippers of raw materials and finished products. In some cases, construction-related disruptions cause adverse impacts on adjacent businesses. The main objective of this study was to develop a methodology and software tool that INDOT's Construction and Contracts Division could use to evaluate the systemic impacts of work zones on a network. The optimal schedules developed using the methodology were checked using data from past projects and was validated by comparing the reduction in user costs compared to actual past construction schedules. The case study results showed that, compared with INDOT's current plan, the developed framework would greatly reduce the user and business disruption costs associated with network-wide construction plans by providing optimal construction schedules. The developed network-level project scheduling methodology and software tool will help INDOT to plan various construction projects in a given district while considering user and business disruption costs.

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Section: Planning Contextmentioning

confidence: 99%

Network-Level Scheduling of Road Projects During the Construction Season Considering Network Connectivity

Woldemariam¹,

Agyemang²,

Miralinaghi³

et al. 2019

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“…The same regular intervals can be used as the time-basis for establishing schedules of improvement. A possible approach for determining these schedules is contained in El Dessouki et al (1998).…”

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An Accessibility–Maximization Approach to Road Network Planning

Antunes

Seco

Pinto

2003

Computer aided Civil Eng

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Accessibility is a key factor in defining the quality of life and potential for development of both cities and regions. This article presents a new accessibilitymaximization approach to inter-urban road network long-term planning. The approach is based on a nonlinear combinatorial optimization model. Two heuristics have been developed for solving the model, based on local search and simulated annealing principles, respectively. The efficiency of the heuristics was evaluated on a sample of test problems involving 10-, 20-, and 40-node networks. In the analysis both solution quality and computing effort were taken into account. The approach was used to analyze the ongoing transformation of the Portuguese main road network. The results obtained so far indicate that the model is a valuable decision-aid tool for inter-urban road network long-term planning.

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“…Therefore, the classification of these criteria must be performed so that equipotential and univalent criteria could be placed in one group. Using the integer planning and by implementing the network design problem (NDP), Eldessouki et al (1998) Case n Accident for constructing each piece of network in the way construction prioritization of a network (Eldessouki et al, 1998). However in the present research, more criteria can be considered using the AHP method.…”

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A new technique in optimizing urban highway bypasses

Shahi¹,

Khalili

2018

Int. j. adv. appl. sci.

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In this paper, by reviewing the previous studies and literature on the highway bypasses selection, the criteria and variables associated with the bypasses planning are investigated. Then, the needed statistics and information for the top model of the identified bypass selection are collected. Using the Delphi technique, a model is developed for the bypasses optimization. The model is constructed based on the collected data analysis and finally verified. In each decision, the decision making space is continuous or discrete and the decision making in discrete or continuous spaces are functions of variables which affect decision making product (optimum option). Regarding the variables or criteria of decision making space, the importance and relevance value of criteria with each other are of high importance further to the determination of the effective value of the decision making title. This study clarifies how such a unique method is implemented for the highway bypasses planning problem solution. The result shows this introduced method in this study for planning and prioritizing bypasses has many advantages over traditional methods which have been used up to now and can be a good alternative to the traditional methods by creating a comprehensive vision of the national road network.

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Multiperiod Highway Improvement and Construction Scheduling: Model Development and Application

Cited by 3 publications

References 11 publications

Network-Level Scheduling of Road Projects During the Construction Season Considering Network Connectivity

Network-Level Scheduling of Road Projects During the Construction Season Considering Network Connectivity

An Accessibility–Maximization Approach to Road Network Planning

A new technique in optimizing urban highway bypasses

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